Today my Hist. of 19th Century Philosophy said this:

"You've got to imagine 5th century Athens...it was like Disneyland on crack."

I am pretty basically in love with him...and very scared of him at the same time.

( I'm bored. )

Yours Truly, Briefly, Jonathan SwiftI’m as young as my tongue ( Read more... )

I had this horribly disturbing dream that my house was infested with little furry green caterpillars. And no matter how many times I changed clothes and how many I killed, I couldn't get them off me or out of the house. I don't know why this was so disturbing, but it was.

That's all.

I am ashamed to report that I fit almost every category listed on this website ( Read more... )

How come no one ever told me that the original Star Trek episodes are so very very very homogay? I just watched the episode about the parallel universe Kirk and Spock. At their most evil, Kirk is like a cabaret dancer and Spock has this arthouse goatee and a pretty golden sash. Also, "the agonizer?" They don't look like they're in agony to me (wink ( Read more... )

Okay, so why have I never seen Beaches before? Why didn't someone force me to watch it? Because it is SO good. I rank it just under Fried Green Tomatoes and just above Sixteen Candles in terms of movies from the '80s. Things from the '80s are generally visually offensive to me, deserving not genuine praise but detached and/or ironic appreciation, ( Read more... )

Spring break is almost over and I had a whole list of things I wanted to do, but to no avail. I played video games most of the time and then I went to see There Will Be Blood at the dollar theater. The dollar theater smells like pee and artificial popcorn butter, and there is always candy and other miscellaneous substances stuck to the screen. It's ( Read more... )

Beatified Crochet Porcupine Saves the Day!In my silver Honda intertube ( Read more... )

I rock back and forth in my stiff wicker chair ( Read more... )